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BBS Summer Meeting 2008 – Shetland MeetingReport Papa Stour, Unst, Fetlar and Bressay may sound like remote lands to be found only in the pages of an ancient saga, rather than the real destination of a BBS meeting, but it was to these and other islands of the Shetland archipelago that 16 members journeyed for the summer meeting in 2008. Mark Hill reports on just what was found in this most northern extremity of the British Isles. hetland has been visited by several BBS members individually, but until summer 2008 had never been the BBS Summer location for a Society meeting. So when Paul Harvey offered his services asS Local Secretary, the offer was accepted with Field Meeting alacrity. The logistics of the meeting were quite complicated. Paul wanted to cover the archipelago as widely as possible, concentrating on localities that had not been previously explored. The planned on Shetland itinerary took in the islands of Yell, Unst, Fetlar, Whalsay, Bressay, Papa Stour and Out Skerries, as well as the Shetland Mainland. In order to achieve 12–21 July 2008 this, we needed to stay in Lerwick and on Unst, and to catch numerous ferries. Furthermore, to make the best use of BBS expertise, Paul recommended that we should work in small groups, typically 3–4, each with its own itinerary. Our main transport was a minibus, usually driven by Paul, together with a hired car which went to Unst. The presence of the car was fortunate because 16 x Saxa Vord at the northern end of Unst. Sam Bosanquet FieldBryology No97 | Feb09 39 Meeting Report – Shetland Meeting Report – Shetland of us could fit in the bus but not comfortably with our luggage. Paul Harvey was from Shetland. Niklas Lönnell came from Sweden. Miquel Jover came from Catalonia. The rest of us – Sam Bosanquet, Maren Flagmeier, Lorna Fraser, Claire Geddes, Dave Genney, Mary Ghullam, Mark Hill, Nick Hodgetts, Mark Lawley, Brendan O’Hanrahan, Sean O’Leary, Sandy Payne and Chris Preston – were from main- land Britain. In the account that follows, species with an asterisk (*) are those that have been confirmed new for Shetland by the BBS Recorders. SATURDAY 12 JULY Having spent the night in Lerwick, we set off for Yell. heath, Chris Preston observed large quantities of party on Unst, Chris examined some concrete at n Schistostega pennata (left) and Campylopus schimperi One party visited the Loch of Lumbister and Dale a puzzling golden-leaved Dicranum, which could Baltasound, finding more Bryum pallescens and (right) growing on Unst. Sam Bosanquet of Colvister, and found Odontoschisma elonga- be interpreted as non-flagelliferous D. leioneuron some Didymodon sinuosus. The party that went tum, Scorpidium cossonii*, Philonotis caespitosa, (suggestion rejected by Recorder of Mosses), or as to the peninsula of Lamb Hoga met with very Haplomitrium hookeri was found on a roadside, Racomitrium sudeticum* and Sphagnum austinii. non-undulate D. bonjeanii or as D. scoparium with acid ground and recorded little of note except but the most astonishing discovery was Grimmia Another group visited a site with the evocative name a non-toothed back of nerve. Also on serpentine, for Lophozia sudetica and, on a stone by Papil tergestina*, in a 4×2 cm patch on vertical concrete Freedom, where they saw Nardia geoscyphus. A they found Racomitrium canescens* at the Keen of Water, Schistidium apocarpum*. Another group by the cattle grid over Green Burn. third party went to the east coast, finding Soleno- Hamar. A third group visited Hermaness, marvelling went further east to Funzie, where there was On our return to Unst, Mark Lawley found stoma sphaerocarpum (=Jungermannia sphaero- at its magnificent bird cliffs and lunching to the basic ground with Homalothecium lutescens and Zygodon rupestris* on serpentine rock at the Keen carpa), S. subellipticum (=J. subelliptica) and Nardia chatter of innumerable gannets. They did not find Trichostomum crispulum, and a coastal flush with of Hamar. Sam’s car stopped to examine serpen- compressa at Skurdie Geo, and Tortula viridifolia anything new for Shetland except for Campylium Haplomitrium hookeri. Their best find was Barbilo- tine ground at Sobul, where there were Scapania near Gossabrough. The fourth group explored protensum* by the Loch of Cliff on the outward phozia lycopodioides*, in species-rich, spongy, scandica, Racomitrium canescens and a remark- an area of relatively undisturbed blanket bog at journey. A small party, comprising Niklas, Sam and flushed turf on a small, level, cliff-top area on the able form of Campylopus schimperi, producing Black Park, where they saw Sphagnum austinii, Sandy, went to Saxa Vord, where in 1907 David coast. A third group examined Mires of Gravins and slender innovations reminiscent of those seen in S. magellanicum and Tetraplodon mnioides*. A Lillie had found Sphagnum lindbergii at its only low- the serpentine hills that drain into them. The mires C. flexuosus. short examination of the Loch of Garth produced altitude site in the British Isles. Here, the Sphagnum were partly base-rich, with Calliergon giganteum Orthotrichum rupestre. Then, at the end of the was duly refound. In block scree, Glyphomitrium and Philonotis calcarea. On acid ground nearby TUESDAY 15 JULY afternoon, we gained time as a ferry to Unst daviesii* (lurking deep in a scree hole), Kiaeria was Sphagnum compactum, not seen elsewhere Most of the party went to Whalsay, notable for its departed 15 minutes earlier than that on which we blyttii* and Schistostega pennata* (locally frequent) on the meeting. Niklas found a large colony of large fishing fleet and prosperous community. The were booked. were new for Shetland. Cephalozia leucantha, Pterogonium gracile* on the south-facing cliffs of group that recorded the golf course at Skaw Taing Lepidozia pearsonii, Dicranodontium denudatum Stackavord, near to where Mary saw a big tuft of had the satisfaction of visiting a hectad that had SUNDAY 13 JULY and Diphyscium foliosum were seen at Saxa Vord, Campylopus schimperi. The group was interested only one previous record, Schistidium maritimum, Paul Harvey and Mark Lawley led a group to the but nowhere else on the meeting. The Schistostega to see Schistidium frigidum, which had earlier found in 1898. We raised the total to 31. The group southwest of the island, recording Philonotis was totally unexpected; it is very rare in Scotland been demonstrated to the party by Sam. Mark that visited the Loch of Huxter found much better caespitosa near Belmont. Another party visited and had not previously been recorded north of Glen Hill found Grimmia dissimulata* on serpentine ground, with calcareous flushes in which grewLeio- the serpentine hills of Muckle Heog and Nikka Nevis. rock on Vord Hill. The fourth group went to the colea collaris (=alpestris), Harpanthus scutatus*, Vord, where they saw Frullania dilatata (only seen Mires of Oddsetter, also partly basic, where Plagiomnium elatum and Tortella densa*. Sean twice on the meeting), Herbertus stramineus, MONDAY 14 JULY they saw Calypogeia sphagnicola, Cephalozia found Porella cordaeana near the loch. The coast Antitrichia curtipendula, Bryum pallescens* and We took the ferry to Fetlar and explored the island. loitlesbergeri, Cladopodiella fluitans, Rhizomnium near Huxter produced Oxyrrhynchium hians and Hymenostylium recurvirostrum. In thyme-rich While Paul went to pick up the rather scattered pseudopunctatum and Sphagnum contortum. Ulota hutchinsiae, together with more of the 40 FieldBryology No97 | Feb09 FieldBryology No97 | Feb09 41 Meeting Report – Shetland Meeting Report – Shetland of us could fit in the bus but not comfortably with our luggage. Paul Harvey was from Shetland. Niklas Lönnell came from Sweden. Miquel Jover came from Catalonia. The rest of us – Sam Bosanquet, Maren Flagmeier, Lorna Fraser, Claire Geddes, Dave Genney, Mary Ghullam, Mark Hill, Nick Hodgetts, Mark Lawley, Brendan O’Hanrahan, Sean O’Leary, Sandy Payne and Chris Preston – were from main- land Britain. In the account that follows, species with an asterisk (*) are those that have been confirmed new for Shetland by the BBS Recorders. SATURDAY 12 JULY Having spent the night in Lerwick, we set off for Yell. heath, Chris Preston observed large quantities of party on Unst, Chris examined some concrete at n Schistostega pennata (left) and Campylopus schimperi One party visited the Loch of Lumbister and Dale a puzzling golden-leaved Dicranum, which could Baltasound, finding more Bryum pallescens and (right) growing on Unst. Sam Bosanquet of Colvister, and found Odontoschisma elonga- be interpreted as non-flagelliferous D. leioneuron some Didymodon sinuosus. The party that went tum, Scorpidium cossonii*, Philonotis caespitosa, (suggestion rejected by Recorder of Mosses), or as to the peninsula of Lamb Hoga met with very Haplomitrium hookeri was found on a roadside, Racomitrium sudeticum* and Sphagnum austinii. non-undulate D. bonjeanii or as D. scoparium with acid ground and recorded little of note except but the most astonishing discovery was Grimmia Another group visited a site with the evocative name a non-toothed back of nerve. Also on serpentine, for Lophozia sudetica and, on a stone by Papil tergestina*, in a 4×2 cm patch on vertical concrete Freedom, where they saw Nardia geoscyphus. A they found Racomitrium canescens* at the Keen of Water, Schistidium apocarpum*. Another group by the cattle grid over Green Burn. third party went to the east coast, finding Soleno- Hamar. A third group visited Hermaness, marvelling went further east to Funzie, where there was On our return to Unst, Mark Lawley found stoma sphaerocarpum (=Jungermannia sphaero- at its magnificent bird cliffs and lunching to the basic ground with Homalothecium lutescens and Zygodon rupestris* on serpentine rock at the Keen carpa), S. subellipticum (=J. subelliptica) and Nardia chatter of innumerable gannets. They did not find Trichostomum crispulum, and a coastal flush with of Hamar. Sam’s car stopped to examine serpen- compressa at Skurdie Geo, and Tortula viridifolia anything new for Shetland except for Campylium Haplomitrium hookeri.
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